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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

AT&T is hoping to entice parents concerned about screentime with a smartphone designed for children. Whether children will be enticed is another question. The telecommunications company debuted the ...

Early smartphone use was linked to low self-image in girls and boys. Children, especially girls, who own smartphones before they are 13 years old may have worse mental health outcomes when they're ...

Childhood experts warn that cell phones in the hands of children can be fraught, but parents still want their kids to ...

The hardest decision that a parent has to make nowadays is when to get their kid a smartphone — and having to consider two sides to make their decision. On the one hand is the pleading tween who ...

The longer you wait to give your child a smartphone or allow them to join social media, the happier and more successful they're likely to be as adults, says psychologist Jean Twenge. To help parents ...

I have a love-hate relationship with my kids' smartphones. So I was relieved when I saw that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed legislation that bans cell phones in public schools. School starts ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...